Corn and cotton planter.



H. P. ROY.

CORN AND COTTON PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1910. 1,040,962.

Patented 0ct.8,1912.

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2 5 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. ROY, OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM IP.CRAIG AND ONE-THIRD TO PROCTOR G. CRAIG, OF HANDLEY, TEXAS.

CORN AND COTTON PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8,1912.

Application filed November 7, 1910. Serial No. 591,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. Box, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arlington, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn and CottonPlanters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in corn and cottonplanters, and has for its object the provision of a planter adapted todeposit the seed corn or cotton in equidistant hills, eliminating thenecessity of chopping out to remove the superfluous plants.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which will be strong, durable, simple and eflicientand comparatively easy to construct, and also one, the various parts ofwhich will not be likely to get out of working order.

With these and various other objects in view, my invention has relationto certain novel features of construction and operation, an example ofwhich is described in the following specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top view of the planter. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof with the spokes of the near wheel and a portion of the framebroken away to show the parts hidden thereby.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals ofreference designate similar parts in both the figures, the numeral 1denotes the transporting wheels, and 2 the axle rigid therewith. Thetongue 3 of the implement is provided at its rear portion with a pair oflateral brackets 4 extending outwardly and rearwardly. To each of thesebrackets is attached a bearing 5 mounted upon the axle. A seed hopper 6is supported from the rear extremity of the tongue by a number ofbrackets 7, and a downwardly extending seed chute 8 is provided beneaththe hopper and supported by brackets 9. A pinion 10 mounted upon a shaftpassing through the hopper is adapted to communicate rotation to theagitator mechanism within the hopper not shown, which mechanism may beof any suitable description. An intermittent rotation is communicated tothe pinion 10 by a mutilated gear 11 fast upon the axle. The teeth uponthis gear are arranged in groups, between which are provided spaceswhich determine the distance between the seed hills. As each set ofteeth upon the gear 11 act upon the pinion 10 the agitator in the seedhopper will operate discharging a few seed.

The above described device will not only accomplish a considerablesaving in seed corn or cotton but will save a great deal of labor bymaking it unnecessary to chop out the corn or cotton in order to spacethe seeds in the proper hills.

\Vhat I claim is:

A machine of the class described including a tongue, side membersdiverging therefrom, an axle mounted for rotation and Supporting theside members, wheels supporting and adapted to rotate the axle, a seedbox secured to the tongue, a seed chute depending from the box, a shaftextending through the bottom portion of the seed box and constitutingmeans for actuating the dropping mechanism within the box, a gear uponsaid shaft, a mutilated gear secured to and revoluble with the axle andadapted to mesh intermittently with the gear on the shaft to 1'0- tatesaid shaft intern'iittently, and collars on the axle and engaging theside members for holding said axle against longitudinal movement andmaintaining the mutilated gear in operative relation with the gear onthe shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY F. ROY.

Witnesses:

W. O. MIDDLETON, Boss READER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

